How axe-wielding ‘LumberJills’ lost limbs in deadly accidents & survived on stolen spuds in secret British WW2 mission

WIELDING lethal seven-pound axes as they hacked down ten-ton trees, they were the toughest of girls who soon became known as “jolly good fellers”. As the Second World War raged across Europe, the British timber trade was in trouble. A huge supply of wood was critical to the war effort, desperately needed for everything from...